RE: [Paddlewise] Tsunami Experiences

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> From:   Dave Kruger[SMTP:dkruger_at_pacifier.com]
>
> who out there has actually experienced a tsunami?  Even though I
> have lived on the west coast almost all my life, I have never seen one!
>
|    This past year the Discovery Channel had a program on tsunamis.  I
|tuned in and learned some very interesting facts (i.e. tsunamis top the
list
|of natural disaters for the number of lives it takes-interesting because
|they are somewhat of a rarity) but was disappointed that there has never
|been one photographed.  All the program showed was the trail of
destruction
|after the fact and eye-witness accounts.  Since they are caused by
|earthquakes occuring deep in the ocean, they can be identified and tracked
|yet noone has dropped a remote camera in the area or stood on a mountain
top
|with a video camera in the location where it comes ashore.

|    Debbie Reeves

There is a show floating around either on Discovery, TLC or AandE that has
footage of a Tsunmai hitting Japan.  You can see the water moving OUT to
sea and then shortly there after a frothing white wave moving back toward
shore.  Its not an Hawaii 5-O type of wave just a tall single wave.  Maybe
6 feet tall.  But very steep.  The footage shows the wave moving into the
harbor and tossing  fishing boats around like a rubber ducky in a tub.
There are some shots of one boat trying to manuever in the harbor and not
having much luck against the water which at this point was rebounding of
docks and jetties.  Very ugly.

There are some still pictures of a Tsuanmi hitting Hawii back in the
40s/50s?  I think in Hawaii some people were killed when they thought the
wave was not going to arrive and they saw the water leave the harbor.  Cool
they said......

If you see the water start to flow away from shore, this is not a good
thing!  8-)  One had better find some high ground.  Quickly!  8-)

Hope this helps....
Dan McCarty





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